Dr. Julie Georgia Pilitsis MD,PHD
Neurosurgeon
800 MEADOWS RD BOCA RATON FL, 33486About
Julie G. Pilitsis MD, PhD is the only neurosurgeon in the region with subspecialty fellowship training in functional neurosurgery. She has many years of experience in the use of Deep Brain Stimulation ...
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inhibition of Na(+)/H(+) exchange by SM-20220 attenuates free fatty acid efflux in rat cerebral cortex during ischemia-reperfusion injury.
- Inhibition of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange by KB-R7943, a novel selective antagonist, attenuates phosphoethanolamine and free fatty acid efflux in rat cerebral cortex during ischemia-reperfusion injury.
- Inhibition of mitochondrial Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange by 7-chloro-5-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,5-dihydro-4,1-benzothiazepin-2(3H)-one attenuates free fatty acid efflux in rat cerebral cortex during ischemia-reperfusion injury.
- Differential effects of phospholipase inhibitors on free fatty acid efflux in rat cerebral cortex during ischemia-reperfusion injury.
- Effects of immunosuppressants, calcineurin inhibition, and blockade of endoplasmic reticulum calcium channels on free fatty acid efflux from the ischemic/reperfused rat cerebral cortex.
- Motor cortex stimulation for central and neuropathic facial pain: a prospective study of 10 patients and observations of enhanced sensory and motor function during stimulation.
- Percutaneous balloon compression for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: results in 56 patients based on balloon compression pressure monitoring.
- The role of vertebroplasty in metastatic spinal disease.
- Spinal cord stimulation: indications and outcomes.
- Factors involved in long-term efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the thalamus for essential tremor.
- Massachusetts health insurance mandate: effects on neurosurgical practice.
- MRI compatibility evaluation of a piezoelectric actuator system for a neural interventional robot.
- Neurological picture. Ascending paralysis from malignant leptomeningeal melanomatosis.
- Localization of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson disease using multiunit activity.
Treatments
- Movement Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation (dbs), Parkinson's Disease
Professional Memberships
- Member American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Member Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Fellowships
- Functional Neurosurgery - Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL 2006
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